<< Our Photo Pages >> Esgair Irfon Cairn - Cairn in Wales in Powys
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Esgair Irfon CairnCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.4 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Llanwrtyd Wells Nearest Village: Abergwesyn
Map Ref: SN84645464
Latitude: 52.177915N Longitude: 3.688519W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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I found this site with difficulty and confirmed my accuracy with two different GPS devices because there is little or nothing to see. My wife says she could see the outline of stones covered with grass and moss - but I could not believe we had found the site. The attached photograph explains my dilemma.
Clearly, from the various descriptions in reliable sources, Esgair Irfon cairn is a significant Bronze Age burial cairn and cyst,
I quote from Ancient and Scheduled Monuments:
The monument comprises the remains of a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated in open moorland on a gently sloping and undulating plateau, set back from the leading SE-facing edge of Craig Irfon. The grass covered stone-built cairn is circular on plan and measures about 4.5m in diameter and up to 0.3m in height. It would be almost indistinguishable from surrounding outcrops were it not for the well preserved and exposed central cist. This stone built cist measures 0.8m from N to S by 0.5m transversely and about 0.4m in depth. Although it has been disturbed in the past - the cist has been opened and emptied - the majority of the cairn appears to remain intact.
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